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Post by ADH45258 on Jul 28, 2024 21:12:36 GMT
Not bus related but is there a way to walk from around Canary Wharf across to Canada Water/Surrey Quays? It is only 1 stop on the Jubilee Line so I am wondering if you could travel between in any other way? There have been proposals to build a footbridge here, currently though there is a ferry crossing the river at this point (but would likely cost more than using the Jubilee Line). Otherwise the cheapest way is likely the bus via Greenwich using the foot tunnel.
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Post by kmkcheng on Jul 28, 2024 21:13:19 GMT
Not bus related but is there a way to walk from around Canary Wharf across to Canada Water/Surrey Quays? It is only 1 stop on the Jubilee Line so I am wondering if you could travel between in any other way? Don’t remember if pedestrians are still allowed through the Rotherhithe tunnel but that’s the way to walk between the two. There’s the ferry between both sides of the river to walk between the two
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Post by Mokujin on Jul 29, 2024 1:34:01 GMT
Not bus related but is there a way to walk from around Canary Wharf across to Canada Water/Surrey Quays? It is only 1 stop on the Jubilee Line so I am wondering if you could travel between in any other way? Don’t remember if pedestrians are still allowed through the Rotherhithe tunnel but that’s the way to walk between the two. There’s the ferry between both sides of the river to walk between the two Pedestrians and cyclists are allowed to walk/cycle through the tunnel, however if you value your lungs and health, I wouldn't recommend it 😄.
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Post by gwiwer on Jul 29, 2024 10:28:53 GMT
Don’t remember if pedestrians are still allowed through the Rotherhithe tunnel but that’s the way to walk between the two. There’s the ferry between both sides of the river to walk between the two Pedestrians and cyclists are allowed to walk/cycle through the tunnel, however if you value your lungs and health, I wouldn't recommend it 😄. It is one of London's lesser-known attractions. Being able to walk through that tunnel. The pub quiz question "Where can the general public walk beneath the Thames?" has three answers; Woolwich, Greenwich and Rotherhithe. Few get all three. It was something I did as university exam prep! To take my mind right off all the cramming and away from the subject altogether. Not a wonderful experience but certainly a memorable one. The looks of motorists as they see a pedestrian walking through are worth the trip. It is thought that fewer than one person a day walks through. The footpaths are rather narrow. As is the roadway. And despite the fans the air isn't wonderful. Before the cars-only restriction was in place it used to have a bus service. The 82 at one time, latterly worked by RTs with special tyres reinforced to counteract scuffing against the kerbs. It was little-used. After an interval of many years the P14 using Metrorider minibuses tried again. It too was little-used but survived for 11 years.
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Post by wirewiper on Jul 29, 2024 11:18:16 GMT
Pedestrians and cyclists are allowed to walk/cycle through the tunnel, however if you value your lungs and health, I wouldn't recommend it 😄. It is one of London's lesser-known attractions. Being able to walk through that tunnel. The pub quiz question "Where can the general public walk beneath the Thames?" has three answers; Woolwich, Greenwich and Rotherhithe. Few get all three. It was something I did as university exam prep! To take my mind right off all the cramming and away from the subject altogether. Not a wonderful experience but certainly a memorable one. The looks of motorists as they see a pedestrian walking through are worth the trip. It is thought that fewer than one person a day walks through. The footpaths are rather narrow. As is the roadway. And despite the fans the air isn't wonderful. Before the cars-only restriction was in place it used to have a bus service. The 82 at one time, latterly worked by RTs with special tyres reinforced to counteract scuffing against the kerbs. It was little-used. After an interval of many years the P14 using Metrorider minibuses tried again. It too was little-used but survived for 11 years. Cue my photo of the last southbound 395 about to enter the Rotherhithe Tunnel, on the evening of 28th April 2006. On the return northbound journey it picked up a good contingent of enthusiasts, such that it carried a standing load, very possibly for the first time ever (and definitely for the last!). I sometimes claim to be the last person ever to have travelled through the Rotherhithe Tunnel on a regular bus service, as I sat in the rearmost row of seats and rested my arm on the back windowsill behind the seats. This wasn't quite the end of the story. When the East London Line closed between 2007-2010 for conversion into London Underground, Tower Hamlets Council operated an obscure shoppers' minibus service once a week from Wapping to Canada Water, which ran via the Rotherhithe Tunnel. It was free, but it was only available to residents of Tower Hamlets who had to register to use the service. Last Bus Through the Rotherhithe Tunnel by Julian Walker, on Flickr
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Post by yunus on Aug 2, 2024 18:35:12 GMT
Hope someone can help:
What is the closest night bus and/or night tube service to Watford Jct?
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Post by kmkcheng on Aug 2, 2024 18:39:29 GMT
Hope someone can help: What is the closest night bus and/or night tube service to Watford Jct? Nearest night tube would be Stanmore. Nearest night bus would be either N18 (Harrow Weald) or N98 (Stanmore)
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Post by gwiwer on Aug 2, 2024 21:29:06 GMT
Hope someone can help: What is the closest night bus and/or night tube service to Watford Jct? Nearest night tube would be Stanmore. Nearest night bus would be either N18 (Harrow Weald) or N98 (Stanmore) Agreed. The days when night buses ran out to Watford Junction are gone. Unless Hertfordshire changes their minds and chooses to pay for them. No night buses now run beyond the TfL boundary other than the two stops on the N279 beyond Freezywater out to Waltham Cross. The brief but interesting experiment of the NX1 from Trafalgar Square out to Gillingham in Kent was as far as they ever got.
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Post by ADH45258 on Aug 2, 2024 21:37:38 GMT
Nearest night tube would be Stanmore. Nearest night bus would be either N18 (Harrow Weald) or N98 (Stanmore) Agreed. The days when night buses ran out to Watford Junction are gone. Unless Hertfordshire changes their minds and chooses to pay for them. No night buses now run beyond the TfL boundary other than the two stops on the N279 beyond Freezywater out to Waltham Cross. The brief but interesting experiment of the NX1 from Trafalgar Square out to Gillingham in Kent was as far as they ever got. Since a Night Tube service is very unlikely to be introduced on the Bakerloo line (due to the ageing 72 stock), I think a night service on the Overground to Watford should be considered. Not sure if this would need Herts funding in the same way that buses do?
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Post by gwiwer on Aug 2, 2024 22:26:24 GMT
It would need some sort of revenue guarantee. Special fares and ticketing arrangements already apply to Watford on the DC line to allow TfL ticketing products to be used. It's cheaper but much less convenient for most people to use the Met from their station west of the town centre. Watford (Met) is Zone 7, Watford High Street (Overgorund) is Zone 8 and Watford Junction is outside the fare zones with point-to-point fares applying. It would otherwise be impossible to ensure Oyster users did not travel on LNWR or Southern services except with rigorous on-board checks between there and Harrow (or Bushey for those trains which call there); that is unrealistic.
A night tube on the Met is most unlikely as beyond Northwood it is already very quiet in the daytime. The DC Line stations north of Harrow are also mostly rather quiet so a night service would not seem attractive.
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Post by yunus on Aug 2, 2024 22:28:00 GMT
Hope someone can help: What is the closest night bus and/or night tube service to Watford Jct? Nearest night tube would be Stanmore. Nearest night bus would be either N18 (Harrow Weald) or N98 (Stanmore) What route out of the two is quicker? For example from OXO is it better taking the N18 to HD or N98 to Stanmore?
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Post by abellion on Aug 3, 2024 14:11:01 GMT
Nearest night tube would be Stanmore. Nearest night bus would be either N18 (Harrow Weald) or N98 (Stanmore) What route out of the two is quicker? For example from OXO is it better taking the N18 to HD or N98 to Stanmore? You could use the online timetables for these sorts of enquiries, I always use these for night bus trips just to see if I can get clean interchanges at certain times. The N98 appears to be slightly quicker than the N18 with under just under 1hr trips whereas the N18 slightly stumbles over 60 minutes, a marginal difference really www.londonbusroutes.net/times/N018.htm www.londonbusroutes.net/times/N098.htm -
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Post by capitalomnibus on Aug 4, 2024 12:16:47 GMT
I held a licence for many years. We were always threatened with a fine for diverting without authority. Two colleagues were dismissed for it. We were also fined for late running on school contracts no matter what the road conditions. Did this apply to afternoon journeys or just to the morning journeys? Any journey with school contract that goes over 5 minutes late. It is performance based fines.
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Post by southlondonbus on Aug 4, 2024 17:03:01 GMT
It would need some sort of revenue guarantee. Special fares and ticketing arrangements already apply to Watford on the DC line to allow TfL ticketing products to be used. It's cheaper but much less convenient for most people to use the Met from their station west of the town centre. Watford (Met) is Zone 7, Watford High Street (Overgorund) is Zone 8 and Watford Junction is outside the fare zones with point-to-point fares applying. It would otherwise be impossible to ensure Oyster users did not travel on LNWR or Southern services except with rigorous on-board checks between there and Harrow (or Bushey for those trains which call there); that is unrealistic. A night tube on the Met is most unlikely as beyond Northwood it is already very quiet in the daytime. The DC Line stations north of Harrow are also mostly rather quiet so a night service would not seem attractive. I think a night Met line would only be on the Uxbridge branch.
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Post by yunus on Aug 7, 2024 20:37:11 GMT
Who will operate the RRP for the Piccadilly Line closure between Wood Green - Cockfosters for 2 weeks straight?
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